Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity: Volume 2: A Volume in the Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management Series

ISBN-13: 9781437722178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 204 str.

Asokumar Buvanendran

Opis

Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity?- a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques performed today. Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Sudhir Diwan, MD, offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com, you'll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

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SECTION I: General Considerations

Chapter 1: Basic Science of Spinal Receptors

Chapter 2: Pharmacologic Agents and Compounding of Intrathecal Drugs

Chapter 3: Polyanalgesia for Implantable Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 4: Principles of Patient Management for Intrathecal Analgesia

Chapter 5: Patient Selection for Intrathecal Infusion to Treat Chronic Pain

Chapter 6: Patient Preparation

Chapter 7: Psychological Considerations in IDD

Chapter 8: Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Medical Necessity, Documentation, Coding and Billing

SECTION II: Implant Devices

Chapter 9: Methods of Trials for Consideration of ITDDS

Chapter 10: Techniques of Implant Placement for Intrathecal Pumps

Chapter 11: Programmable versus Fixed-Rate Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery

Chapter 12: SynchroMed EL vs SynchroMed II

Chapter 13: Minimizing the Risks of Intrathecal Therapy

Chapter 14: Complications Associated with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

SECTION III: Evidence-based practice

Chapter 15: Management of ITDDS in Patients with Co-Morbidities

Chapter 16: Cost-Effectiveness of Implanted Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 17: Neuroaugmentation by Stimulation vs. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 18: Anticoagulation guidelines and Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 19: Intrathecal Therapy for Malignant Pain

SECTION IV: ITDDs for spasticity

Chapter 20: Intrathecal Baclofen Trialing

Chapter 21: Baclofen Pump Management

SECTION V: Future of ITDDs

Chapter 22: Future of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (including new devices)

Chapter 23: Trialing for Ziconotide Intrathecal Analgesic Therapy

Chapter 24: Perioperative Management of Patients with ITDDS

O autorze

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.